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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04847	The spirituall architecture. Or, the balance of Gods sanctuary to discerne the weigh and solidity of a true and sincere, from the leuitie, and vanitie of a false and counterfeit profession of Christianity. Wherein also the sandy foundations of the papisticall faith are briefely discouered. A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the 16. of Nouember, 1623. by Robert Barrell, Master of Arts, and minister of Gods word at Maidstone in Kent	Barrell, Robert.	1624 (1624)	STC 1498; ESTC S120643	59,486	84

practising for if thou build not at all thou shalt be left destitute of a b Esa 32.2 shelter from the wind and a couer from the tempest and if thou build on any other foundation thou buildest thine owne ruine c Aug. in Psal 101. Eia ergo lapides viui instructuram currite non in ruinam c. Goe to therefore ye liuing stones come yea runne to this building and not to your owne ruine B●e contented to bee hewen and squared by that d Ier. 23.29 hammer that heweth the stones the lawe of God and to be polished with the stroakes of temptatious afflictions and persecutions here without for as much as there shall not be any noise or stroake of that hammer heard when he shall be perfectly polished in the heauenly Sanctuary Lay the pauement of your building low by contrite humilitie fasten your selues and your faith vpon the maine e Eph ● 19. foundation stones of the Propheticall and Apostolicall doctrines raise the walls of your building by feruent prayers and deuout meditations and adorne your building with good workes which may bee conspicuous to the eye of the world as with turrets and battlements be pillars to support the weake and roofes to shroud and shelter the poore and needy from the tempests of their seuerall calamities and necessities so shall ye be possessed of the Lord as temples built for his honour and seruice by his spirit of grace here and fullnesse of glory hereafter That both thou Gentle Reader whosoeuer thou be and I may thus build and be built let vs helpe one another by the mutuall commerce of our feruent and faithfull prayers Thine in the Lord Iesus ROBERT BARRELL Faults escaped in Printing PAge 2. line 33 for imploy read imply page 3. line 22. for walles read waters page 4. line 14 for man read Mammon page 5 line 30 for certifying reade rectifying page 6 line 13 read I wish that my words c. page ead line 28 for conneyed reade conueyed page 8 line 22 for usullarum vnita read multarum vnitas page ead line 28 for startling read starting page 9 line 13 leaue out thereof page 10. line 6. read acknowledge him c. page ead line 28. for Epitom read Epitome line 29 for section reade perfection line 37. between see and smell insert but page 12 line 6 for Loe reade Hoe c page ead line 26 for Solius read solus page 13 line 2 for mine reade ruine page 14 line 2 for way reade wander page 15 line 2 for phrases read praises ibid. line 18 for criricall aeade criticall ibid. line 19 for word read words page 23 line 27 for till read while page 30 line 1 for verity read vnity line 23 for vnitie read vnite page 31 line 6 for Catholikes read Cacolikes page ead line 35 for supply read supple page 33 line 26 for sectuntur read secta●tur ibid. line 30 for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reade 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 page 34 line 38 for Costerius reade Costerus page 36 line 28 ibid. line 26 for sunne read sonne page 40. line 14 for vt read vel page 41. in Annot marg for Anno 3033 read 303 ibid. page 35 for whhle read whole page 45 line 21 for flaida read fluida ibid line 35 for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 page 48. line 9 read Si restitui potest ibid. line 14 for Colloguintida read Colloquintida ibid. line 27 for mind conscience reade my conscience Page 50 line vlt for ouerthrow reade ouerflow page 5● line 15 for thee read them page 61 line 18. for irrecouerable read irreuocable ibid line 33 for Sancte read Sancta ibid. line 38 for wasted read roasted page 64 line 5 for right read righteousnes ibid. in marg for Cypr. read Opus page 65. line 25 for mine read ruine page 67 line 27 for me read one page 68 line 2 for malorum read magorum If thou finde Gentle Reader any other faults either in Orthography or otherwise I pray thee correct them with thy pen and let not the Printers errors be imputed to the Authour THE SPIRITVALL ARCHITECTVRE Text. MATH Chap. 7. Vers 24.25.26.27 24 Therefore whosoeuer heareth these sayings of mine and doth them I will liken him to a wise man which built his house vpon a Rocke 25 And the raine descended and the flouds came and the winds blew and beat vpon that House and it fell not for it was founded on a Rocke 26 And euery one that heareth these sayings of mine and doth them not shall be likened vnto a foolish man which built his House vpon the Sand. 27 And the raine descended and the flouds came and the winds blew and beat vpon that house and it fell and the fall thereof was great THe blessed Apostle S. Paul termes the new Ierusalem which is the Christian Church (a) Gal. 4.26 the Mother of vs all and this mother of all Christians like Mary the mother of Christ is (b) Ser. 119. de temp both a mother and a Virgin A Virgin in respect of her most pure and vnspotted veritie which though it be often assaulted by cursed haeretiques the diuells off-spring yet it neuer was nor shall be wholy corrupted (c) Mat. 16.18 for the gates of hell cannot preuaile against it being built on the rocke Christ Iesus A mother in respect of her copious faecunditie for she is (d) Cypr. de vnitate Eccl. Sect. 4. 5. Faecunditatis successibus copiosa a fruitfull mother of children bringing forth by her puritie of doctrine many sonnes and daughters to the Lord Almightie Illius faetu nascimur lacte nutrimur spiritu animamur In her wombe we are bred by her soule or spirit we are quickned by her milke we are nourished and her two breasts that yeelds vs this sweet milk (e) Psal 19.10 sweeter to beleeuing souls than the hony and the hony combe are the two Testaments The same Church is compared by that holy Father and blessed Martyr S. Cyprian (f) Cypr. Epist 73. Sect. 9. vnto Paradise the trees wherof are the faithfull which are (g) Esa 61.3 Germina plantationis Domini Trees of the Lords owne planting and like the trees planted by the riuers of Waters (h) Psa 1.3 bring forth their fruites in due season and the foure riuers of this Paradise wherewith these trees are watered are the foure Euangelists These riuers like Tagus haue many golden streames of which this sermon of Christ on the Mount is one of the chois●st for it may be called Concio concionum as Salomons sweet Epithalamium between Christ and his Church is called Canticum Canticorum as being the key of the whole Bible wherein Christ opens those treasures of Wisedome and knowledge which are hid in the old and new Testament Therefore we finde none of Christs sermons so largly registred by the Euangelists (i) Ioh. 14.15 16. as this except his

hard and flinty heart which disobedience and rebellion had shut vp and closed This doing of Gods word consists in two things Esa 1.16 17. Rom. 15.8 Eph. 4.22 23 24. 1. In ceasing to do euill and 2. In learning to do well In casting off the workes of darknesse and putting on the armour of light In putting off the old man and putting on the new c. 1. We must mortifie sinne in our earthly members c. Col. 3.5 and crucifie the flesh with the affections and lusts Gal. 5.24 e Ber. Ser. 30. in Cant. which is a kind of Spirituall Martyrdome And this must bee done 1. Speedily f Luc. 12.40 because we know not what day or houre the Sonne of man will come to call vs to an account g 2. Cor. 5.10 for the deedes done in the body whether they be good or euill 2. Totally h 1. Sam. 15 9 c. for in destroying these spiritual Amalekites we must not spare one Agag neither may we foster one i Iud. 16.4 c. Dalila or k Mat. 14.4 Herodias in our bosomes .i. one darling or beloued sinne least that one though we thinke it but a little one as l Gen. 19.20 Lot said of Zoar incense Gods iust wrath and worke our deserued destruction for if any of these m Iud. 2. 3. Canaanites remaine within our borders they will be prickes in our eyes and thornes in our sides wounds in our soules and vlcers in our conscienences giuing our soules no rest but still vexing and molesting vs. 3. Finally that wee returne no more a 2. Pet. 2.21 ●2 with the dogge to his vomit or the sow that is washed to her wallowing in the mire for it had been better for vs neuer to haue known the way of righteousnesse than hauing knowne it to turne from the holy commandement giuen vnto vs. A true poenitent hates sinne once repented of more mortally than b 2 Sam. 13.15 Ammon did Thamar after he had defloured her or c Gen. 27 35. Esau did Jacob after he had supplanted him twice and deceiued him both of his birthright and blessing For sinne is in this respect a true Iacob a supplanter indeed 1. It supplants vs and depriues vs of our birthright or interest vnto the kingdome of heauen which we should haue had by Christ Iesus the true heire of heauen 2. It depriues vs of all Gods blessings temporall spirituall and eternall and therefore is to be mortally hated and vtterly reiected 2. We must doe good d Mat 3.8 bringing foorth fruites worthy amendment of life and e Col. 1.10 walking worthy of the Lord endeauouring to please him in all things beeing fruitfull in all good workes and abounding in the knowledge of God And to the end our workes may bee truely good and such as God accepteth wee must obserue these conditions 1. That our selues bee in Christ ingraffed into him as branches into the stocke and incorporated as members with their head by the bond of the spirit and hand of faith f ● Cor. 5.17 If any man be in Christ let him be a new creature First he must be in Christ and then a new creature It is the axiome of the Schoole Diuines Regula Scholast Complacentia operis praesupponit complacentiam personae The worke can neuer bee accepted except the person be first accepted g Gen. 4.4.5 as we see in Cain and Abel Therefore S. Aug. saith of the vertues of the Heathens as the iustice of Aristides the temperance of Fabritius c. that they are but h Aug in Ps 31. Splendida peccata .i. Glistring or glorious sinnes and i Et Ser. 55. de ver dom in Ioh. Cursus celerimus praeter viam .i. a most swift course but out of the way and saith moreouer k Et in Psal 83. That their chickens were trodden vnder foote by God because they were not hatched in the nest of the Church meaning that their good workes were reiected of God because themselues were not members of the Christian Church 2. That our good workes proceed a 1. Tim. 1.5 from a pure heart a good conscience and faith vnfained for the spirit of grace is the father and faith the mother of good workes the one the root and the other the iuice of that tree that brings foorth good fruit b Ber. Ser. 30. in Cant. Nec palmites absque vite nec virtus absque fide True vertue can bee no more without true faith than the branches without the vine in which they grow and by which they liue and are nourished c 1. Reg. 6.34 The two doores of the Sanctum Sanctorum had folding leaues clasping in each other to teach vs that the two doores of faith and charity by which Christ enters into our soules as his holy Temples must neuer be separated but Se inuicem tenere .i. Fold in one the other and claspe hands together d Leo magnus Sicut enim in fide est operum ratio sic in operibus fidei fortitudo As faith is the norme or squire to rule out our good workees so good workes are the proppe or pillar to vphold and strengthen our faith For faith and good workes be fundamentall stones in the spirituall building of our soules to be an holy Temple in the Lord e Eph 2. vlt. an habitation of God by the spirit but they both leane vpon relye vpon and are borne vp and sustained by the greatest and chiefest corner-stone Christ Iesus Maldonate Mald. in loc therefore the Iesuite doth falsely taxe vs in his Commentaries vpon this text for building on the sand because wee teach with S. Paul That f Rom. 3.28 faith alone doth iustifie without the workes of the law seeing wee teach withall that charity is the life and soule of faith and that a true iustifying faith must needs be operatiue and fruitfull in charity g Iac. 2. vlt. for as the body without the soule so faith without charity is dead We teach indeed and that according to the Scriptures that in the act of Iustification faith is alone Thesis nostra Fides est sola quoad actum iustificandi non solitaria quoad actum existendi because wee beleeue that not any merit of our owne workes but the merit of Christ his perfect obedience actiue and passiue doth purchase at Gods hands the remission of our sinnes and makes our peace and reconciliation with him and faith alone is the eye whereby wee behold Christ and the hand of the soule which wee stretch out to lay hold on him and to apply the plasture of his pretious merits to our wounded soules and to open the rich treasurie or caskenet of his spirituall graces vnto vs thereforethough we teach that faith is alone in that act as most proper thereunto as the eye is alone in the act of seeing the eare in the act of hearing and the